Tag Archives: Environmental issues

Waste Action Grants – apply now!

(adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)

Communities across Edinburgh are being urged to submit their applications to the City of Edinburgh Council for a Waste Action Grant as the deadline fast approaches. The upcoming deadline is Tuesday 9th February.

Grants are available to fund eco-friendly projects that will encourage more people in the Capital to reduce, reuse and recycle. Groups who are working to prevent litter in their local area are encouraged to apply.

A range of funding is available, from smaller grants of £50-£200 to larger grants of £500 – £2500.

For more information, go to http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20203/funding_opportunities/650/waste_action_grant

Anita Sharkey| Senior Waste and Open Space Development Officer | Services for Communities | The City of Edinburgh Council | 33 Murrayburn Road | Edinburgh EH14 2TF | Tel 469 5070

closure of Water of Leith walkway between Newhaven Road and Anderson Place

(Information supplied by Caroline Paterson, Natural Heritage Officer, City of Edinburgh Council)

The Water of Leith Walkway is managed and maintained by the Coumcil’s Natural Heritage Service, Parks and Greenspace. The site in question is intricate and landownership and responsibilities had to be investigated to ensure that boundary issues are resolved.

The closure of the Walkway was triggered following a routine inspection and it was closed on the 20th May 2015.  The works required will include the removal of the metal railings to allow repairs to be made to the wall, once these are completed the railings will be re-instated. The repairs to the wall will be carried out by the landowner as the wall itself is not the responsibility of the City of Edinburgh Council. However the railings were installed by the Council as part of the Millennium Project when the walkway was established in this location and therefore fall to us to manage.

Since November the City of Edinburgh Council Natural Heritage Service has continued to work closely with the land owner.  We agreed a specification for the railings which will be re-instated after the land owner has made the necessary repairs to the wall.  The Council has appointed a contractor who has already cleared the vegetation from the site.  The contractor is due to remove the railings after which the land owner will be in a better position to assess the wall and commission the required repairs.  Given the nature of this work and the possible delays due to weather, the Council cannot give a timescale as to when the works will be completed and the path re-opened.